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To The Root Of It

Resources

Debbie Cooper
Arrowhead Elementary
Broken Arrow Public Schools

For introductory reading with your students, try these:

	*The Tiny Seed*	by Eric Carle
	*Carrot Seed*	by Ruth Krauss
	*Plant a Rainbow*	by Lois Elhert
	*From Seed to Plant*	by Gail Gibbons
	*A Seed Grows*	by Pamela Hickman & Heather Collins
	*A Garden Alphabet*	by Isabel Wilner
	*Vegetable Garden*	by Douglas Florian
	*Growing Vegetable Soup*	by Lois Elhert
	*Weslandia*	by Paul Fleischman
	For more information about plants:
	*Plants and Seeds*	by John Stidworthy
	*Plants*	by The Onatrio Science Center
	*Looking At Plants*	by David Suzuki
	*Science in Your Backyard*	by William Wellnitz
	*The Life Cycle of a Sunflower*	by Phillip Parker
	*What's Inside Plants?*	by Anita Ganeri

For more on-line information about plants:

http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/Kindergarden/kinder.htm
An introduction to the ways children can interact with plants and the outdoors.

http://pan.tcnj.edu/plant.htm
Thematic unit including lesson plans on plant parts, elements for growth, kinds of plants, and plants weuse and eat.

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/Glade/3313/
Tips and facts about gardening with kids.

http://www.angelfire.com/ma/1stGrade/pageplants.html
Lesson ideas specifically for 1st grade - very literature based lessons.

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/SchoolsOnline/index.html
     University of Illinois Extension - Collaboration of many themes and topics - check out these sites:
"My First Garden"   http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/index.html
"The Great Plant Escape"    http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/index.html
"The Adventures of Herman"    http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/index.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/plants/glossary/index.shtml
Very thorough glossary of plants and subjects pertaining to plants.

http://www.alfy.com/teachers/teach/thematic_units/Plants/plant_1.asp
A collection of thematic units on the plants topic - includes on-line interactive activities for students.

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